Q & A with Sarah Elizabeth Mangiarelli, founder, Pieces of Perception
Thanks, Sarah, for joining us at Ocean State Stories. Momentarily, we’ll get into Pieces of Perception, but let’s start...
Q & A with Jessica David, co-founder and board member of Local Return
“Our strategy also rests on changing the narrative, which I think of as the ‘hearts and minds’ strategy. The truth...
AccessPoint RI empowers people while changing lives
“It’s so important that we bring awareness to the fact that folks in our programs need the same things...
East Greenwich’s Kolb Earns Bronze in Special Olympics USA Game
by Brandy Muz | Jun 30, 2026 The swimmer, who is on the EG Special Olympics team, earned bronze in a relay,...
Today is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Ocean State Stories asked a sampling of Rhode Islanders what freedom means to them today. Here’s what they said....
Q & A with Tim Gray, founder and president, World War II Foundation
Tim, we read Jack Perry’s recent story in The Providence Journal about Residue of Evil: Legacies of Nazism, now in production,...
Scientist Dr. Kaitlin M. Dailey and team set their sights on combating cancer
Central to their ambition is a tumor-killing microbe SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Dr. Kaitlin M. Dailey, a University of Rhode...
Are GLP-1s Miracle Drugs for Addiction, Too?
GLP-1s have been lauded as a weight loss treatment. But a first-in-the-nation pilot from a Providence-based nonprofit shows their...
Q & A with Dr. Francesca L. Beaudoin
Thanks, Dr. Beaudoin welcome back to Ocean State Stories. You were last here on Sept. 13, 2023, in a...
Rhode Island has a primary care problem. Health Insurance Commissioner Cory King has a plan.
New report detailing access and affordability challenges intends to help measure success of policy and funding changes This story...
Q & A with Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Thanks, Charles, for agreeing to this interview. As the foundation knows better than anyone, Alzheimer’s disease touches so many lives,...
From small caseload in rented space to almost 12,000 patients at three major centers, Wood River Health marks 50 years
HOPKINTON — It began in 1976 when a group of South County residents opened a small nonprofit health center...
Federal data gaps aside, poverty on the rise as RI families struggle to meet basic living expenses
New KIDS COUNT Factbook restores Newport to core city status This story was originally published in Rhode Island Current, a publication...